2.2.5 on an iMac

2.2.5 on an iMac

[John Buswell]

hi.

i'm trying to compile a 2.2.5 kernel for my iMac running LinuxPPC pre-R5.
I did the following :

applied kbd-final-2.2.0 and uusbd-199901xxxx to linux-2.2.0
then patched up to 2.2.5 and eventually make vmlinux

Everything compiled fine but when I try to boot it (by putting vmlinux in
the same directory as bootx) it sits there at after it detects the ide
devices.

I guess I'm missing a patch or two :) can anyone help me out?

thanks


John Buswell
Systems Administrator
OneNet Communications, Inc.
(513) 618-1000 - johnb@one.net


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Re: 2.2.5 on an iMac

[Charles E. Leiserson, Jr.]

> Everything compiled fine but when I try to boot it (by putting vmlinux in
> the same directory as bootx) it sits there at after it detects the ide
> devices.

vmlinux needs to go in the System Folder to be seen by BootX.


					- Ricky


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Re: 2.2.5 on an iMac

[John Buswell]

On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Charles E. Leiserson, Jr. wrote:

> vmlinux needs to go in the System Folder to be seen by BootX.

that doesn't appear to be the case.. for kicks i moved the vmlinux out of
my system folder and just had another in my bootx folder and it starts up
fine.

thanks anyway ;)

after pulling some stuff from the linux-pmac source tree, I think I have
2.2.5 almost working :) its compiled.. and time to test..

regards

John Buswell
Systems Administrator
OneNet Communications, Inc.
(513) 618-1000 - johnb@one.net


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Re: 2.2.5 on an iMac

[Hollis R Blanchard]

On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Charles E. Leiserson, Jr. wrote:
> 
> > Everything compiled fine but when I try to boot it (by putting vmlinux in
> > the same directory as bootx) it sits there at after it detects the ide
> > devices.
> 
> vmlinux needs to go in the System Folder to be seen by BootX.

It doesn't; check the Readme for the latest BootX. Obviously, BootX found
enough of the kernel to boot from it...

-Hollis


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Re: 2.2.5 on an iMac

[John Buswell]

On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Hollis R Blanchard wrote:

> It doesn't; check the Readme for the latest BootX. Obviously, BootX found
> enough of the kernel to boot from it...

My problem wasn't bootx related, the problem was related to the ide
drivers in the linux source tree, I pulled the ide driver source from the
linux-pmac source tree and patched up to 2.2.5 and it works fine.

check: http://w3.one.net/~johnb/imaclinux/

under the kernel howto.

Regards


John Buswell
Systems Administrator
OneNet Communications, Inc.
(513) 618-1000 - johnb@one.net


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